IRVING, Texas -- With the Big 12 Conference shrinking to just 10 teams following this season, the Big 12 Championship game will be no more. Dan Beebe spoke this week during Big 12 Media Days about the need for attractive conference matchups in order to compete with championship games being played by the SEC, Big Ten and Pac-10.

Naturally, the questions started to surface: Would OU-Texas be the matchup to fill the void left by the lack of a championship game?